Finalists announced for Calvin Coolidge Prizes to be awarded at November 12 New York dinner with Paul Volcker

The board of the’ Calvin Coolidge’ Memorial Foundation, the Presidential Foundation honoring and representing the thirtieth President of’ the United States, announced today the finalists for the first annual’ Coolidge Prize for Journalism. The’ $20,000’ prize honors short writing of all kinds in the spirit and style of President’ Calvin Coolidge.
The prize will be awarded’ Tuesday, November 12, 2013, in’ New York City’ at a dinner featuring’ Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and’ Larry Kudlow’ of CNBC.’ Christopher Coolidge Jeter, a great grandson of President Coolidge, will award the prize.
Coolidge valued brevity, restrained government, low tax rates, private property, states' rights, natural law and civility. "The quality and number of the applications received was astounding," Amity Shlaes, board chairman, said. "Leading journalists and Coolidge experts leapt to judge. This instant success reflects the timeliness of Coolidge's message."
Finalists are:
Terry Anderson,’ Property and Environment Research Center
Donald Boudreaux, George Mason University’
Steve Brawner, Arkansas News Bureau
Chuck Gray, The Daily Pennsylvanian
Michael Harmon, The Portland Press Herald
Holman Jenkins, The Wall Street Journal
Rich Lowry, National Review’
Eric Singer,’ Congressional Effect Management
Katherine Bielawa Stamper, Williston Observer’
John Stossel, Fox Business
The judges for the Coolidge Prize are:
Milton Valera, Jury Chair
Gov.’ Mitchell Daniels’
Gov.’ James Douglas’
Thomas Easton’
Erich Eichman’
Steve Forbes’
James H. Ottaway, Jr.’
Professor’ Cornelia Pillard’
Trish Regan’
Douglas Schoen’
Amity Shlaes
Richard Norton Smith’
Cal Thomas’
Fred Wainwright
A second prize, the Calvin, will be awarded for writing by a’ Vermont’ writer under age 20. ‘ Judges are:
Gov.’ James Douglas, Jury Chair
Patrick J. Alwell’
Mimi Baird’
Hendrik Booraem,’
John Dumville’
Jennifer Sayles Harville’
Heidi B. Eldred’
Sarwar A. Kashmeri
Leslie Keefe’
Diane Kemble’
Catherine Nelson’
David Pietrusza’
Nicole Serrano’
Owen J. Stearns
The Foundation is grateful for the support of the Thomas W. Smith Foundation for the establishment of this prize. Projects undertaken by the Foundation, based at Coolidge's birthplace in Plymouth Notch, Vt., include economic debate, events, publishing and scholarship on Coolidge and his values.
PLYMOUTH’ NOTCH, Vt.,’ Nov. 1, 2013’ /PRNewswire/